Lecture 8: Circular motion
Objectives: In this lecture, students will learn to- distinguish between uniform and non-uniform circular motion
- relate centripetal acceleration to speed and radius
- identify forces responsible for creating centripetal acceleration
- apply Newton's 2nd law to circular motion problems
- analyze a car rounding flat and banked curves in terms of circular dynamics
- Powerpoint: lec08.pptx
- Pdf (recommended for printing): lec08.pdf
| Centripetal acceleration | lec08_2.mp4 | with captions |
| Simulation | lec08_3.mp4 | with captions |
| Example 1: ball in vertical circle | lec08_4.mp4 | with captions |
| Rotating reference frames | lec08_5.mp4 | with captions |
| Example 2: car in flat curve | lec08_6.mp4 | with captions |
| Example 3: car in banked curve | lec08_7.mp4 | with captions |
Additional example problem:
| Example 4 | Video.mp4 | with captions |
Homework assignment: HW #8